Title Painted veil : the second baroque mystery / Beverle Graves Myers.

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Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen Press, 2005.

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Edition	1st trade pbk. ed.
Description	1 online resource (304 pages)
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Summary	Venice, 1734. Singer Tito Amato has let fame go to his head. Neglecting his vocal practice for dubious pleasures, Tito finds himself demoted to secondary roles and overshadowed by a visiting star. When the murder of scene painter Luca Cavalieri threatens to close the opera house, Tito jumps at the chance to regain his worth by finding the killer. Strained relations between Venice?s Jewish and Christian inhabitants throw suspicion on members of a Jewish ghetto family that produces masks for the theater. But a mysterious veil that Tito finds in Luca?s lodging leads him in a different direction. Assisted by Augustus Rumbolt, an Englishman making his Grand Tour, Tito is soon on the trail of Dr. Palantinus, a masked figure who heads a secret society that charges exorbitant fees to partake of its enticing rituals. Who wears the mask of Palantinus? The director who guides Tito to operatic triumph, the fastidious nobleman charged with making the theater profitable, a fiery contralto, or the stage manager who hides a double life? The hunt pierces the treacherous depths of the city, one dedicated to masquerade and pleasure. A city where ancient hatreds thrive and cultures uneasily coexist?a city where opera is the stuff of daily life.
Subject	Venice (Italy) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction.
	Secret societies -- Italy -- Venice -- Fiction.
	Opera -- Italy -- 18th century -- Fiction.
	Castrati -- Fiction.
	Singers -- Italy -- Venice -- Fiction.
	Detective and mystery stories.
	FICTION -- Historical.
	FICTION -- Mystery & Detective -- General.
	Castrati. (OCoLC)fst00848465
	Detective and mystery stories. (OCoLC)fst00891461
	Opera. (OCoLC)fst01046145
	Secret societies. (OCoLC)fst01110663
	Singers. (OCoLC)fst01119301
	Italy. (OCoLC)fst01204565
	Italy -- Venice. (OCoLC)fst01204473
Chronological Term	1700-1799
Genre/Form	Detective and mystery stories.
	Mystery fiction.
	Historical fiction.
	Detective and mystery fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726581
	Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
	Historical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726640
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Myers, Beverle Graves. Painted veil. 1st trade pbk. ed. Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen Press, 2005 9781590582947 (DLC) 2004115094 (OCoLC)58432671
ISBN	9781615951413 (electronic bk.)
	1615951415 (electronic bk.)

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